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9780419253709

Values in Sport: Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners

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    9780419253709

  • ISBN10:

    041925370X

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2000-05-22
  • Publisher: Taylor & Franci

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Some of the topics examined here, such as the genetic engineering of athletes, are being discussed for the first time, while others, such as sex segregation, nationalism and drug use, are being revisited.Values in Sportprovides the reader with a deep insight into the moral and ethical value we place on sport in today's society.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors vii
Series editors' preface ix
Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1(6)
PART I Elitism 7(50)
Is it fascistoid to admire sports heroes?
9(15)
Torbjorn Tannsjo
Sports, fascism and the market
24(15)
Claudio M. Tamburrini
The logic of progress and the art of moderation in competitive sports
39(18)
Sigmund Loland
PART II Nationalism 57(42)
Sports as the moral discourse of nations
59(15)
William J. Morgan
A justification of moderate patriotism in sport
74(13)
Nicholas Dixon
Patriotism in sports and in war
87(12)
Paul Gomberg
PART III Gender equality 99(40)
Against sexual discrimination in sports
101(15)
Torbjorn Tannsjo
Gender verification in competitive sport: turning from research to action
116(7)
Berit Skirstad
On the definition of `woman' in the sport context
123(16)
Angela J. Schneider
PART IV The rules of the game 139(44)
Against chance: a causal theory of winning in sport
141(16)
Gunnar Breivik
Justice and game advantage in sporting games
157(15)
Sigmund Loland
Spoiling: an indirect reflection of sport's moral imperative?
172(11)
Graham Mcfee
PART V The scientific manufacture of winners 183(49)
A philosophical overview of the arguments on banning doping in sport
185(15)
Angela J. Schneider
Robert B. Butcher
What's wrong with doping?
200(17)
Claudio M. Tamburrini
Selected champions: making winners in the age of genetic technology
217(15)
Christian Munthe
References 232(10)
Index 242

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